Improvement in fluting-machines



tint Shut tutti @une Letters Patent No. 113,271, dated April 4, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT IN FLUTlNG-MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ovthe name.

I, EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY, 'of the ci ty,county, and Stateof New York, have invented an Improved Gas-heated Iiluting-Wlacliine, which I denominate The Fairy Gas Fluter, of which lthe following is a specification. v

This invention relates to that class of machines which is employed for crimpingor rioting ladies frills, donnees, dress-trimmings, 85o.; and

It consists of' a selt`-sustaining metallic frame, having bearings cast on orscrewed to the main frame or its arms, (as the case may be,) for sustaining open hollow inting-i'olle.rs and a hand-crank or drivingshaft, thelsaid driving-shaft carrying a gear, which plays into a gear on the end of the upper tint-ingroller, which in turn rotates the lower roller by means of the uting of the upper playing into the inting of iower roller whenthe machine is in operation.

The benrinr of the npperroller slides up and down in the frame, carrying thefupper roller with it, and

`when it may be desired to insert the fabric to be' tinted between the rolls, the upper roll is raised from Contact with the lower roll (whose bearing'is stationary) by means of a hand-lever and stay-bar, attached to the upper arm of the machine; said sliding bearing being provideciwith counteractiug springs iin'regnlating the pressure oi the upper on the lower roli, and lthe rollers' with detachable screw-bearings at their inner ends, which, by means ot' a reverse movement oi' the hand clank-shaft, are rumored for' replacement by other styles of lnting-rollers, while the outer ends of the rollers presenta clear open space between them insertion of the fabric to be tinted.

lt also consists in placing within the hollow ilut-A ing-rollers corrugated, spiral, or annular gas-pipes, perforated at an angle, whereby the. jets of gas when ignited are inode to concentrate, and, being.,r supplied with exible snpplypipes provided with-zt cock, the amount of gas required i'or heatingthe rollers is regu- 'lated and utilized; and

sides the expense of their cost in becoming frequently worthicss by useq These defects in fiction-machines sudffested to me D ab .the present invention, which I will further explainby reference to the" drawing, of which- Figure l is a front'elevation of my invention;

Figure 2, a View of driving-end Figure 3, a longitudinal and vertical sect-ion;

Figure 4, a transverse section; and

Figure 5, a sectional view of oneof the iluting-4 rollers onlau enlarged scale, showing open cap and bearing for the corrugated gas-pipe at its outer end, and screw-bearing for detaching the rolierat its inner end.

In said drawing- A indicates the frame of the machine, composed of a platform,'two upright posts, B' B, for sustaining the ends of .the noting-rollers, a horizontal arm, C, a sliding arm, D, 'which slides with and sustains the upper dating-roll, anda stationary arn1 E, whiclrsustains the lever for operating the said roller.

F .islthfe lower uting-roller, sustained at its outer end in the' bearing G attached to the lower arm G, and at its inner end in the upright posts B B.

rEllis roller has an open cap, H, which enters its outer journal I, through which .the air for combustion enters the roller, and a journal, K, screwed onto itsF inner end, for detaching the roller from Vthe journal, (see iig; 5.) l

l is the upper fiuting-roller, sustained in the bearings M N` ot' the sliding arm D, and in a bearing, O which slides in the post B of 'the frame.

This roller, like the lower one, has an open cap, P

and anopen journaLQ, attached by a screw, and

carries a. gear, R, ou said journal, which plays into a gear, S, on the `,driving-shaft T.

U is a hand-crank, screwed on the driving-shaft, for rotating the rollers, and for detaching, by a reverse movement through the gears, tbe rollers from their screwed journals when it may be desired to substitute other-rollers, Eer the latter purpose a pin, V, is inserted in the hub of the hand-crank.

' AW is a hand-lever, attached to the upper arm E of theiramel, said lever being 4connected with the sliding arm D, which sustains the upper roller, by a link, X, by means' of which the 'upper one is lraised from contact with the lower rollerwhile inserting the fabric to be duted, and held in such position by a stay-bar, attached tosaid lever, as shown. in dotted lines in iig. l. A-

Z-Z are rods, for guiding-,the movements ofthe sliding arm, encompassed by spiral springs aa andv screw-nuts b h, for imparting to the upper roli the desired pressure ou the lower one.

0, 4g. 2, is the pipe for supplying the fluted rollers with gas, provided with a cock, d, for regulating the desired amount, and having exible branches, e e, for extension with the separation .of vthe rolls.

The branch pipes e e extend with the rolls, and are hent or corrugated (see gs. 3 and 5) for throwing the Jets of flame into each other, thereby insuring com- Ybustion of the gas; they areesupported in open'bear ings f f at the outer end of the rolls, and in disks g g (011 0f Which, g', slides) on the outer end of the chimney, and have screw-stops# h at their outer ends.

The rolls rotate on the gas-pipes, which are nonrotating.'v l

i is the chimney, attached to the outer end of the frame by straps k and screws, or by other proper means said chimney being made in sections, 'i i', for extending or contracting the same, or for'eonvenience in transpoltation; it is in communication with the interior of the rolls through-their open journals, and carries ofi' the volatile products of combustion.

I claim- The arrangement of the frames E D, roller I','link X, lever Wrspriugsrairaraudjoar Losubstanitllly e Y s shown and described.

January 28` 1871.

, EDWARD MORTIMER DEEY.

Witnesses:

ARTHUR NEILL, EDMUND H. Donne. 

